Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Status at Longham Lakes
Common breeding bird and resident.
Clearly Goldfinches reach a peak at Longham in autumn, where they feed on the knapweed and thistles by the side of Longham Reservoir North. Some of the October birds are probably migrants.
Goldfinch, Longham Lakes, June 2012 (Roger Peart)
High counts of (presumed) migrants:
1. 21 flew N on 16th October 2005.
2. 35 W on 27th October 2006.
3. 67 on 6th November 2009.
4. 30 on 17th October 2011.
Breeding:
2010: Minimum of 3 singing males on-site.
2014: 2 territories, early April.
2016: 5 territories were found in hedgerow and scrub (Steve Morrison).
Ringing:
2011: 5 ringed between 27th June and 16th September (Roger Peart).
2012: 6 ringed, including 2 in November.
2013: 2 ringed, in May and June.
2014: 16 ringed, 12 of them in July.
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | 20 | ||||||||||
| 2003 | 80 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2004 | 4 | 35 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||
| 2005 | 30 | 50 | ||||||||||
| 2006 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 50 | ||||||
| 2007 | 3 | 40 | 80 | 60 | 10 | 1 | ||||||
| 2008 | 10 | 22 | 80 | 12 | ||||||||
| 2009 | 6 | 1 | 80 | 30 | 22 | 67 | 1 | |||||
| 2010 | 10 | 2 | 40 | 40 | ||||||||
| 2011 | 100 | 80 | ||||||||||
| 2012 | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 12 | ||||||
| 2015 | 15 | 3 |
Birds of Longham Lakes
